Al-Ma'idah
5:19

Al-Ma'idah · Ayah 19

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Translation

O People

Word Breakdown

يَـٰٓأَهْلَ

O People

Word Breakdown

يَٰٓHarf · Vocative particle

Vocative particle: used for calling or addressing someone

O!

أَهْلَIsm · Noun
AccusativeMasculine
Rootاهل
Very common

family, people, folk, worthy of

Lemmaأَهْل

Noun

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Grammar Rules

Vocative يا (O!)
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ (O People) uses the vocative — it's calling out to someone or addressing them directly.
We add "O" before the name — "O O People!"

Sahih International

O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And Allāh is over all things competent.

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